April 14, 2004
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#3 MARYLAND (8-1) at #1 JOHNS HOPKINS (7-1)
SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 2004 * 8:00 p.m.
HOMEWOOD FIELD (8,500/Turf), BALTIMORE, Md.
TV: WMAR-TV Channel 2, CSTV (DirecTV Ch. 610)
Live Audio: WMUCSports.com * Live Stats: umterps.com
For the 100th Time, It's Maryland vs. Hopkins
* Lacrosse's greatest rivalry renews for the 100th time this Saturday as Maryland will play Johns Hopkins at Homewood Field in Baltimore. The game will be televised live on WMAR Channel 2 in Baltimore and nationally on College Sports Television (CSTV). Scott Garceau, Keith Mills and Mark Dixon call the game. The game will also be available live over the Internet at WMUCSports.com with live stats available on umterps.com.
* Maryland and Hopkins are the two most storied lacrosse programs in the nation, with the rivalry beginning with back in 1895 as Hopkins defeated the Maryland Agricultural College. The Blue Jays (32) and Terps (26) have played in the first and third most NCAA Tournaments since the event began in 1971, respectively. Maryland (108) and Hopkins (171) have produced the most first team All-Americans in the history of lacrosse dating to the first awards in 1922.
* This year's historic event will feature both teams wearing "throwback jerseys." The Terps will wear the model of the early 70s when they won two NCAA championships including the 1973 title when they beat the Blue Jays in double-overtime, 10-9, on June 2, 1973.
* The 100th game logo will be worn by both teams on their commemorative jerseys. Following the game, the jerseys will be auctioned off for charity with Maryland's funds going to the Ronald McDonald House of Baltimore. Hopkins' money will go to the Hopkins Children's Hospital.
* Prior to the game, a special ceremony will take place saluting honorary captains from both programs. Maryland will be represented by a pair of former coaches: Bud Beardmore and
Dick Edell. Beardmore coached the Terps from 1970-80, leading them to two NCAA Championships in 1973 and 1975. A member of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, Beardmore went 91-26 (77.8) in 11 seasons in College Park. Edell coached the Terps from 1984-2001, leading the Terrapins to 13 NCAA Tournaments and three title games (1995, 97 and 98). He was 171-76 (69.2) in his 18 seasons leading Maryland. Hopkins' representatives will be former coach Bob Scott (1955-74), and Henry Ciccarone, Jr., son of former coach Henry Ciccarone (1975-83)
* Overall, Hopkins holds a 62-36-1 lead in the series. Since the Terrapins elevated to a varsity sport in 1924, Maryland has a 36-55-1 record against Johns Hopkins. There has been at least one Maryland-Hopkins game every year since 1923 with the exception of 1944 and 1945 when World War II kept the schools from fielding teams.
This Year's Match-Up Of Top Three Teams
* It's only fitting that Maryland and Hopkins are ranked in the top three this week as they head into the historic game. No. 3 Maryland is 8-1 overall coming off a 9-6 upset loss to Navy last Saturday at Byrd Stadium before 6,860 fans. The ACC's leading scorer Joe Walters (Rochester, N.Y.) tallied his seventh hat trick in nine games this season in the loss. Overall, Walters leads the Terps in points (38) and goals (25). The Terps had been undefeated and ranked No. 1 for two weeks prior to the loss at the hands of Midshipmen. Graduate goalie Tim McGinnis (Ellicott City, Md.) made 11 saves in his first loss as a Terp. Overall, he has a 6.17 goals against average and a 66.2 save percentage, both rank second in the nation.
* Johns Hopkins regained its No. 1 ranking after spending most of the season atop the national polls after Maryland lost to Navy and the Blue Jays beat Duke, 6-5, last Saturday. The Jays come into the game with a 7-1 record, suffering their only defeat at Virginia on March 27, losing in overtime, 8-7. Hopkins rebounded with a 10-9 win over North Carolina and last week's win over the Blue Devils as it concludes a three- ACC swing against Maryland. Hopkins is led by Conor Ford, who tops the team in points (27) and goals (20). Kyle Barrie has 15 goals and 23 points. Kyle Harrison leads the team in groundballs with 47, while also winning 63.5 percent of his face-offs. In goal, Scott Smith has started the last seven games and has a 6.77 goals against average overall with a 59.3 save percentage.
Maryland-Hopkins Series History
* The last three games in the series have been one-goal affairs -- with the last two going to overtime -- and four of the last six have been one-goal games. Maryland last won in the series at Byrd Stadium in dramatic fashion, 10-9, on April 14, 2001, as the No. 5 Terps scored four fourth-quarter goals to overcome a 8-6 deficit entering the final stanza. 2001 first team All-American Pat McGinnis -- brother of current Terp goalie Tim McGinnis -- made a career-high 21 saves and was named the WMAR Player of the Game in the win.
* Hopkins has won the last two games, both in overtime. In the last game at Homewood Field between the teams, on April 13, 2002, Kyle Barrie scored with 1:45 left in the first overtime to give the Jays the 9-8 win. Last season, Joe McDermott scored the game-winner 1:21 into overtime for the 6-5 Hopkins win at Byrd Stadium on April 12, 2003.
* This year's historic 100th game is the 14th straight meeting between the teams when each was ranked in the top-eight in the nation. In seven of the last 11 meetings, the team with a lesser ranking has won the game, including two of the last four games as No. 5 Maryland beat No. 2 Hopkins in 2001 and No. 8 Hopkins defeated No. 7 Maryland in 2000.
* This game also marks the eighth time in the last 21 meetings that either Maryland or Hopkins comes into the game ranked No. 1. In those eight games, the No. 1-ranked team has been upset by the lower-ranked team three times with the most recent occurrence coming in 1997 as the No. 6 Hopkins squad handed the top-ranked Terps their first loss after an 8-0 start.
* Last seson, Hopkins came into the game as the No. 1 team and won in overtime. Prior to that occurance the last time Hopkins came into the rivalry ranked No. 1, Maryland handed the Jays a 16-8 loss in the NCAA Semifinals at Byrd Stadium on May 27, 1995.
* Since 1978, this will be the 14th time in 34 games the Maryland-Hopkins battle has featured the nation's No. 1 team and the 17th time in 34 games that both teams were ranked in the top five in the nation. The No. 1 team won 13 of the previous games in which it played in the series.
Current Terps Vs. Hopkins
* Of the Terps' current roster three players have scored against Hopkins -- with all three goals coming in last year's meeting at Byrd Stadium. Joe Walters, Paul Gillette (Millersville, Md.) and Justin Smith (University Park, Md.) all tallied goals. Ian Healy (Great Falls, Va.) added an assist in the loss.
The Terps Against No. 1
* Maryland has beaten the No. 1 team in the nation four times since 1987 including three times since 1995. In fact, the Terps have posted wins over the No. 1-ranked team in three of their last six games with the top-ranked team. Of those wins, the last two have come when the Terps were ranked No. 5. And all four came at Byrd Stadium.
* Maryland's last win over a No. 1 team -- ironically -- came against current head coach Dave Cottle and Loyola, as No. 5 Maryland upset the top-ranked Greyhounds, 19-8, in the NCAA Semifinals at Byrd Stadium on May 23, 1998.
* The Terps beat No. 1 Virginia on March 30, 1996 with a 13-11 win at Byrd.
* Maryland also defeated a No. 1 Johns Hopkins team the last time the Jays came into the series ranked No. 1, with a 16-8 victory on May 27, 1995, in the NCAA Semifinals at Byrd Stadium.
Maryland-Hopkins Connections
* Despite being bitter rivals, Maryland-Hopkins still have many notable connections.
* Brothers will be on opposing sidelines as Maryland junior midfielder Andrew Schwartzman (Owings Mills, Md.) faces brother Jesse Schwartzman, a freshman reserve goalie for the Blue Jays.
* Hopkins' top play-maker and preseason All-American Kevin Boland is the son of former Terrapin Kevin Boland (1973-77), who played with the Terps on the 1973 NCAA Championship team which beat Hopkins for the national championship, 10-9 in overtime. The senior Boland scored two goals in the 1974 championship game which saw Johns Hopkins beat Maryland, 17-12.
* Hopkins freshman attacker Jake Byrne is the brother of Matt Hahn (1995-98), Maryland's all-time leading goal scorer with 149 goals. Hahn is also 11th on the Terps' all-time scoring list with 180 career points. Hahn scored three goals in both the Terrapins' 1995 NCAA Semifinal and 1998 NCAA Quarterfinal wins over Hopkins.
* Now is his 21st season as a Maryland assistant coach, Dave Slafkosky is a 1974 graduate of Johns Hopkins, where he played lacrosse from 1972-74. He helped the Blue Jays to the 1974 title, beating Maryland in the championship game, one year after the Terps had beaten Slafkosky and the Blue Jays in the title game.
* Maryland's other assistant coach Paul Cantabene, served as an assistant coach at Johns Hopkins from 1996-98, helping the Blue Jays to three NCAA Tournaments. Cantabene is in his second year as a Terp assistant coach under Dave Cottle.
* Both teams have a high volume of players who played together in high school. Check the list to the right.
Coaching Match-Up
* Maryland head coach Dave Cottle is currently the third winningest active coach in the country with a 72.6 win percentage with a record of 210-79. He is also 29-9 (76.2) as head coach of the Terps. Hopkins' Dave Pietramala is in his fourth season at Hopkins and has a 41-9 (82.0) record with the Jays. He is 64-26 overall in seven years as a coach for a 71.1 win percentage at both Hopkins and Cornell.
* Coach Dave Cottle has won three of 12 career games against Hopkins, 10 of which came while coaching at Loyola. He led the Greyhounds to back-to-back wins against Hopkins in 1998 (10-7) and 1999 (14-5). Against coach Dave Pietramala, Cottle is 0-3, as his Loyola team dropped a 13-10 decision on May 4, 2001, in addition to the pair of overtime loss to Hopkins in the last two years while he has been at Maryland.
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Top 10 Terp Tidbits
* The Terps have won 10 consecutive road games, dating to 2002.
* UM won its first ACC regular-season title since 1998 with the win over Virginia. 1998 was also the last time the Terps went 8-0 to start a year.
* Maryland has only allowed 19 first-half goals, outscoring opponents 60-19 in the first 30 min.
* Tim McGinnis is second in the nation in GAA at 6.17, including 5.45 in his last seven games.
* The Terps' defense leads the nation in goals against average, giving up 6.44 goals per game.
* Of the Terps' 108 goals, 63 have come from sophomores (58 percent), including a team-high 25 by ACC leading scorer Joe Walters. The Terps' top four scorers are all sophomores.
* Of the Terps' 108 goals, a sophomore has either scored or assisted 83 of them (77 percent).
* Joe Walters has at least three goals in seven games this season and has scored a goal in 23 of 25 career games.
* Twenty different Terps have scored goals through eight games, including 12 vs. Butler, 11 at Duke and nine vs. Bucknell.
* Both All-American defensemen Chris Passavia and Lee Zink are on the Tewaaraton Trophy "Watch List" for the nation's top lacrosse player award. Tim McGinnis was added to the list in April.
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ACC Regular-Season Champions
* The Terps' 11-2 win over Virginia on April 3 gave Maryland its first outright ACC regular-season championship since 1998, also the last time the Terps went 3-0 in the league. The Terps will be the No. 1 seed in the 2004 ACC Tournament held in Chapel Hill, N.C., on the weekend of April 23-25. Maryland last won the ACC Tournament title also in 1998. The team's 8-0 start this year also matched the best since that 1998 season.
Terps At Top of ACC, NCAA Stat Lists
* Maryland was the final undefeated team in the nation prior to last week's loss to Navy. The Terps as a team are ranked among the nation's best in several statistics and have several players at the top the stat charts as well.
* On defense, Maryland has the best goals against average in the country at 6.44 per game, that mark also tops the ACC.
* The Terps are tied for fifth in the nation in goals per game (12.00).
* The Terps are also tied first in the country in goal-scoring margin at +5.56 per game.
* Individually, Joe Walters leads the ACC in scoring with 38 as well as in points per game at 4.22. His total points ranks him sixth in the nation while the points per game mark is eighth overall.
* Walters is also fifth in the nation in total goals with 25 and seventh in goals per game (2.78).
* In goal, Tim McGinnis is second in the nation in goals against average with a 6.17 GAA. He is also second in country in save percentage at 66.2, which is also the best in the ACC.
* Checking other ACC stat charts, Joe Walters leads in game-winning goals with three. Xander Ritz ranks tied for first in the league in assists (15) and assists per game (1.67), also good for 13th nationally.
* Paul Gillette is tied for second in the ACC in groundballs per game at 4.44 while teammate Lee Zink is fourth at 3.88.
Playing With the Lead
* Maryland has played with the lead most of the season and had barely trailed through the first eight games prior to the loss to Navy. The Terps have been ahead for 417:11 of 540 total minutes this season. They have only been behind for 64:51 total -- 12.0 percent of game action. That number was at just 3.7 percent prior to the loss to Navy, a game in which they never led. The Terps have been tied for 10.9 percent a total of 58:58 minutes -- mostly coming at the start of games.
* In five of nine games, the Terps have never trailed, leading wire-to-wire, scoring first and never falling behind. They took the lead within the first minute against Towson and Bucknell.
* They have led for more than 94 percent of a game on four occasions.
Terps' High-Scoring Offense
* The Terps' offense has continued to be a major story early in 2004, as Maryland is averaging 12.00 goals per game through the first seven weeks of action -- tied for fifth in the nation. The Terps have scored at least 14 goals in four games and at least 10 in six games. Maryland blasted Duke for a 17-12 ACC win in Durham on March 6 -- for its most goals in an ACC game since 1983. The 19 goals vs. Butler are tied for the third-most by any team in Division I this season and are the most by a Terp team since 2002. Navy holds the top mark this year with a 21-6 win over Colgate.
* The Terps have looked to underclassmen for much of their offense as 63 of the 108 goals (58 percent) have come from sophomores with a quartet of second-year players topping the team in points: Joe Walters, Xander Ritz (Wayne, Pa.), Bill McGlone (Swarthmore, Pa.) and Brendan Healy (Great Falls, Va.). Overall, sophomores have been involved in 83 of the Terps' 108 goals this season with either the goal or assist (77 percent).
* Attacker Joe Walters continues to lead the way, as he has 25 goals -- scoring three or more in seven of nine games this season. He netted a career-high tying four goals at Duke and was named ACC Player of the Week on March 8. He has tallied at least three goals in five of the last six games following three goals vs. Navy. He posted a career-high seven points vs. Bucknell. He has at least one goal in 23 of his 25 career games at Maryland. Overall, he has 84 career points (3.36 ppg). Walters also has three of the team's eight game-winning goals in 2004 -- also most in the ACC. Walters netted his 50th career goal in his 22nd career game vs. Butler. He now has 58 career goals.
* Attacker Xander Ritz (Wayne, Pa.) has been an infusion of talent on attack after transferring from Delaware. He is currently second on the team in points with 25 on 10 goals and a team-high 15 assists, which ranks tied for first in the ACC. He had his career game in the season opener at Georgetown on Feb. 28 -- his Terrapin debut -- as he had three goals and four assists for seven points. He was named Inside Lacrosse's National Player of the Week as well as ACC Co-Player of the Week. He had a goal and two assists in the win over Towson on March 13 and added a goal vs. Bucknell. He had two assists at UMBC as well as a goal and assist vs. Butler. He assisted two goals at North Carolina. Ritz posted a six-point game with a three-goal, three-assist performance vs. Virginia last weekend. He has at least one point in each game this season. Overall, dating to last season at Delaware, he has a 12-game point streak.
* Midfielder Bill McGlone is second in goals with 15 and third in points with 18. He had his biggest game as a Terp at Duke on March 6, as he tallied his first career hat trick and added two assists for a five-point day. McGlone surpassed last season's totals of four goals and five points, in just two games -- as he is running with the first midfield. He had one goal in each game over a three-game stretch before busting out for a career-high four goals vs. Butler. He is the only Terp besides Walters to have scored a goal in every game this season with single tallies in the last three games.
* Sophomore midfielder Brendan Healy is fourth in scoring with 14 points on eight goals and six assists. Against Towson, as he scored two goals and added an assist for a career-best three points. Towson was also his first multi-goal game as a Terp. He notched his first-career hat trick vs. Bucknell and added a goal and assist at UMBC. He posted a goal and two assists vs. Butler for his third three-point game this season.
* Senior midfielder Justin Smith has been the steady upperclassman on the first line, as he has nine goals in 2004. He had his first-career hat trick as a Terp vs. Towson and scored two more vs. Bucknell. Smith was held pointless for the first time this season at UMBC. He got back on track with a goal vs. Butler. Overall, he has 38 goals in his last 32 games.
* Senior attacker J.R. Bordley (Vienna, Va.) also had his most productive day as a Terp at Duke, as he scored back-to-back goals in a 4-0 run in the second quarter and added an assist for a career-high three points. He returned to action at UMBC, and scored in the first quarter. He opened the scoring against Virginia with his fifth goal of the season. He has five goals and three assists in seven starts this year.
* Freshman attacker Mike Brown (West Hartford, Conn.) has been a key player of late, scoring two goals in four consecutive games at UMBC, vs. Butler, at UNC and Virginia. Overall, he is the top freshman goal scorer with 10 markers and 12 points. Brown netted the game-tying goal and the eventual game-winner at UNC. He has been a clutch player, scoring six of his nine goals in the fourth quarter. He scored back-to-back goals in a 38-second span vs. Virginia. Classmate Michael Phipps (Severna Park, Md.) has nine points (five goals, four assists). He scored back-to-back goals in 59 seconds at UNC. He netted the second goal of the Virginia game giving him goals in two straight games and in all three ACC games this season.
More On The Super "O"
* The Terps have been sensational in the first half, as they have outscored opponents 60-17 in the first 30 minutes.
* The second quarter has been the knockout quarter for the Terps as they have outscored their opponents, 34-10, in the second period. Against Georgetown, they built a 2-1 first-quarter lead to a 9-1 halftime lead with a 7-0 second quarter. Against Duke, it was more of the same, as the Terps outscored the Blue Devils, 6-1, in the second period to break a 4-4 tie and lead 8-4 at half. The Terps outscored Towson and UMBC, 3-1 in the second period. In the Butler win, UM scored four goals in the second to build a 10-0 halftime lead. The Terps jumped out on Virginia, building a 6-1 halftime lead on the way to the 11-2 win at Byrd Stadium.
* In nine games, the Terps have had 20 different goal scorers. On three occasions, nine or more players have scored goals in a game, showing the Terps are certainly spreading the wealth. In the win at Duke, 11 players scored goals including five players who tallied their first career goals: freshman Mike Brown, junior Peter Ellis (Ross, Calif.), sophomore Ryan Lang (Northport, N.Y.), junior Dave Matz (Woodstock, Vt.) and freshman Michael Phipps.
* Nine Terps scored vs. Bucknell including Phipps and Matz with their second goals of the year. Sophomore Bret Caretsky (Northport, N.Y.) tallied his first career goal in the win.
* Against Butler, a season-high 12 players scored goals and 17 had points. Four players tallied their first career goals in the win: redshirt freshmen Brent Hargest (Cockeysville, Md.) and Patrick Howell (Arlington, Va.), freshman Thomas Alford (Washington, D.C.), who had two goals and junior college transfer Terence Dorsey (Baltimore, Md.).
* Maryland's extra-man unit is 8-for-23 this season (34.8 percent) through nine games. They were a perfect 4-for-4 in the win at Georgetown, scoring once in each quarter. Joe Walters, Bill McGlone, Justin Smith and Ian Healy tallied the goals. The last time Maryland netted four extra-man goals was in the 2003 opener against Duke, as they went 4-for-6. The perfect day was especially sweet as the Terps worked hard on improving the EMO. Last season, they scored just four goals on their final 41 man-up chances spanning the final 10 games. Smith, Walters and Ritz each have two EMO goals.
The Terps' Stifling Defense
* With all the talk of the Terps' offense clicking at such a high rate, the heralded defense has been equally impressive this season. Maryland has been strong on defense in nine games, limiting opponents to a 6.44 GAA, best in the nation. Over the last seven games, the team GAA is 5.57 including the nation's top goalie Tim McGinnis with a 5.45 personally in the last six games.
* Similar to last season, Maryland has held opponents scoreless for long stretches of game time. In 16 games last season, the Terps kept opponents scoreless for stretches of 20 or more minutes on 10 occasions. They have done it six times already this season in nine games -- with two streak coming against Virginia.
* Against Georgetown, the Hoyas were held off the board for 23:22 spanning the first quarter to the early third quarter. The Hoyas trailed 9-1 at halftime, scoring just once in the game's first 34:05. Georgetown turned the ball over 25 times, with 14 of them being forced by a Terp. Senior captain and All-American Lee Zink led the way with four caused turnovers.
* Maryland pitched a shutout for the first 29:10 of the Towson game, before allowing a goal with 50 seconds left in the first half. Maryland then shutout the Tigers for the entire third quarter -- limiting them to one goal over the game's first 49:37.
* Against Bucknell, the Terps held the Bison scoreless until 11:54 left in the first half, marking the second game in a row they have blanked an opponent in the first quarter. Bucknell was also held to just one goal until 12 seconds were left in the first half -- a stretch of 29:48, allowing just one goal.
* At UMBC, it was more of the same, as the stifling defense kept the Retrievers off the board for 29:12 bridging the second through fourth quarters. After scoring early in the fourth quarter, Maryland locked them down for the next 10:40 -- allowing just one goal in 39:52. Tim McGinnis made eight saves in the fourth quarter at UMBC, allowing just four goals all game.
* The Butler game provided the best shutdown defense for the Terps, as they held the Bulldogs off the scoreboard for the first 39:11, shutting them out in the first half. Once Butler scored with 5:49 left in the third quarter, they did not allow another goal until the final minute of the quarter -- giving up one goal in 44:28.
* Maryland had is best defensive performance of the season against defending national champion Virginia as they held the Cavaliers to just two goals -- their lowest total since May 1984. The two goals allowed were the fewest by the Wahoos in the series since an 18-0 shutout in 1955. The Terps held Virginia scoreless for the first 24:41 of the game and then for the final 27:59 of the game. Maryland blanked Virginia's top seven scorers, holding them all pointless including All-Americans John Christmas, Matt Ward and Joe Yevoli.
Top-Notch Defenders
* In goal, graduate student Tim McGinnis has allowed six or fewer goals in six of nine games this season. Overall, he has a 6.17 goals against average and a 66.2 save percentage. He had 15 saves in the win over Towson, giving up just one goal through the first 49:37. He had 13 saves at UMBC including eight in the fourth quarter. He blanked Butler for the entire first half. Against No. 4 North Carolina, he made 14 saves and gave up nine goals to the high-scoring Tar Heels and was named ACC Player of the Week. McGinnis had his best game as a Terps against Virginia, racking up 17 saves, allowing just two goals for a single-game 89.5 save percentage and was named the UnderArmour TerpVision Player of the Game.
* Senior captains and All-Americans Chris Passavia and Lee Zink have been stellar this season. They have sliced and diced their opponents, combining to force 58 turnovers in nine games. Passavia leads the team with 30. They have combined to scoop up 54 groundballs as well to rank second and third in the team - Zink (31) and Passavia (23). The duo has consistently shut down opponents' top scoring threats. They held Georgetown's All-American tandem of Walid Hajj and Neal Goldman to one assist between the two. Passavia forced Duke's top scorer Matt Danowski into six turnovers. Against Bucknell, the Terps held the nation's leading scorer Chris Cara to just one goal, as he came into the game averaging over six points a game. Butler's top player Kyle Tietjen, who came into the Maryland game with the most goals in the nation was also held scoreless. Against UNC, Scott Falatach was held to one assist by Zink, while that week's national top goal-scorer Jed Prossner was forced into six turnovers by Passavia. Against Virginia, Passavia and Zink held the Cavaliers top scorers and preseason All-Americans John Christmas and Matt Ward pointless and forced them into three turnovers apiece.
* Other defenders have stepped up their play including fellow senior captain Dave Wagner along with juniors Gavin Webb (Columbus, Ohio) and Tyler Hereth (Glastonbury, Conn.) and have been valuable contributors. In his first season as a starter, Wagner has 18 groundballs. Webb has 19 groundballs in his time.
* Captain and short-stick defensive midfielder Paul Gillette has been steady and consistent as usual and leads the team with 40 groundballs through nine games. He had a season high of seven coming at Duke where he also scored and assisted a goal. The team's unsung hero also has assists in five of the last six games and has seven total points, seeing time on the second midfield in addition to his defensive duties. Gillette is currently seventh on the Terps' all-time groundballs list with 190. He has 106 o ver the last two seasons.
* Short-stick defenders Drew Virk (Ross, Calif.) and Ryan Lang have been strong in helping the defense as well. Virk has 19 groundballs and has been an effective face-off man winning 16-of-29 draws for 55.2 percent.
Terps' 79th Season of Lacrosse
* The Terps have an all-time record of 645-206-4, dating back to the first varsity team in 1924 (a team was not fielded in 1944 and 1945 due to World War II). Maryland has finished every one of its previous 78 seasons with a .500 or better record, including last season when the Terps went 12-4. The program's 600th win came against Duke on April 21, 2000, 7-6 in the ACC Semifinals at Byrd Stadium.
* Since 2000, Maryland is 53-17 for a 75.7 win percentage. In the decade of the 1990s, Maryland recorded its most wins in any decade with a 95-47 record. The .669 winning percentage matched Maryland's win percentage of the 1980s when the Terps went 83-41 and also compiled a .669 win percentage.
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